using purchased reloaded ammo brass

[TennJed]

i am wanting to get started reloading and i am in the proocess of reading a couple of handbooks first and i have a question as i am reading.

i have been saving brass (9mm, 38/357) to use when i get started. some of the brass i have been saving (most of the 357) is from reloaded ammo i have shot that i have purchased from a local gun store. the brass itself is from assorted companies.

would you consider this safe brass to reload or should i use only brass from traditional facotry loads.

sorry if this is a dumb question or been asked before....i am still learning

thanks

 

[rcmodel]

It should be perfectly fine.

Just resize it & expand and inspect it all for defects like split necks, etc.

Even all new factory ammo brass is going to be reloaded brass just like that after you shoot it once & reload it.

rc

 

[Claude Clay]

magnum loads require a roll crimp; thus the mouth of case is where most failours (splitting) occur. looking at each piece is 1st. than letting your fingers feel the mouth for imperfections additionally helps. lastly, if when seating a bullet it is too easy ( compared to the others, inspect for a split again. and for use in a tubular magazine of a rifle, be double plus careful. bullet setback caused by the spring in the tube compounded by recoil can cost you a rifle or worse.
a crimp can easily be tested by pushing the completed cart rage's nose hard against the wood edge of your bench.

 

[J_McLeod]

You should always inspect the cases before loading, but in this case even more so. I bought a case of BVAC reloads in 09, and have shot almost all of it now. About 10% of the brass was unsuitable for reloading after I'd fired it.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

If there are not split necks, load 'em up...or mail them to me and I'll load 'em up.

 

[BigN]

The only dumb question is the one that never gets asked. Not much can happen to brass that you can't see. Clean the cases up good and inspect them for defects before you load them. No defects, reload them.

 

[kennedy]

that how I started reloading .45lc, I bought a box of reloads at a gun show to see if I liked that cal. before buying the dies for it, I ended up liking the .45lc, and started by using the cases from the reloads, no problem.

 

[mdi]

The first step in reloading, at least IMHO, is case inspection. Check the case mouths for splits and anything odd about the case (if sumpin' just don't look right). More than likely, your reloader got once fired brass for his reloads and revolver brass usually has a long life, so load up and shoot...

 

[TennJed]

Thanks guys